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If that’s an example of “everyday” feminism, I’d love to see the non-quotidian variety.

How did I miss that one?
It is rather special. And I do like the idea that you can buy crystal pendants and sea shells that, we’re assured, “have been cleansed and charged” and “made with positive energy” – by someone who suffers from “generalised anxiety and chronic insomnia,” who’s “not filled with love and light,” and who doesn’t “have strict control” over their “moods and emotions.”

There’s a school of therapy wherein “it’s only a problem if you’ve got a problem with it.”
There’s something… unhappy about the repeated use of the word “valid” and the gushing fluff about being “awesome” – “you’re cool and special and valued just as you are.” As if compulsive self-mutilation were little more than a faintly eccentric lifestyle choice and not to be judged by others as a cause for concern.

Stacy McCain has been doing a lot of heavy lifting in exposing the insanity of modern feminists at his “The Other McCain” blog.

No, neither are “OK” to have, they require medical treatment, not Tumblr or healing crystals
Ah, but this wise position transgresses the principles of inclusion and acceptance. You cannot just say some people and their behaviours are not OK. That doesn’t make them feel accepted! You may even want to exclude them from certain social situations because of their condition, which is plainly heretical. No, we cannot tolerate this intolerance.
Seriously though, look at the manic expression of that cartoon avatar and imagine the real life equivalent…

RE:Furries
*all characters belong to their owners*
heh… uh, wouldn’t want to step on any toes (or hooves, paws, etc…)

Wrong place to put this I guess but on the subject of personality disorder here’s Laurie Penny…
Oh lord…
None of the other speakers present seem to know what on earth her GOT reference is really about (neither do I tbh) other than a stage for puerile character assassination. It’s so bad feel genuinely embarrassed for her.

Nope, I’ve decided, Christopher Hitchens would have shredded her without concern for her ….feelings…

. . . everything you thought you knew about Furry culture . . .
Don’t forget the roadmap . . .

“… eating tissues by the fistful …”
Will this include bacon and beef tissue consumption?
Cheers

Will this include bacon and beef tissue consumption?
Yes, processed meat tissue (CMYK)

LOL God help us.
But that’s the thing. You might naïvely browse Everyday Feminism expecting to find empowered, liberated ladypersons, full of confidence and charisma. But instead you’ll see a sad parade of misfits, self-absorbed inadequates and the neurotically unemployable – all with eerily similar hang-ups and pretensions. Apparently, the Amazons Of Tomorrow™ will be phoning in sick because they’ve pulled out their eyelashes again.

Wymyns seem particularly prone other behaviors like BFRBs: eating disorders, depression, cutting, and mass hysteria.
I’m waiting for Everyday Feminism to explain how that is all my fault.

“Just Starting Psych Meds? Here’s a Guide to Help You.”
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/06/just-starting-psych-meds/

“this article “debunking” everything you thought you knew about Furry culture confirms all the things you suspected about Furries.”
Or, as some say, Skunk F*ckers. 🙂

“#GirlPower”?
Here I was thinking the ability to carry and bring life into this world was pretty ‘powerful’, but I guess that’s passe these days.
Which way to the reprogramming booth, again?

Centrifuges can’t do re-grooving, so what is the new, trendy terminology?

“Just Starting Psych Meds? Here’s a Guide to Help You.”
This is why the site is so potentially harmful. From the above:

Editor’s Note: We at EF recognize that the direct link between antidepressants and suicidal thoughts/behaviors is debated.

Yes, well, you can find those who “debate” whether azithromycin can treat Haemophilus influenza, but the overwhelming evidence accepted by physicians, mental health professionals, the epidemiologists and other researchers, and the pharmaceutical manufacturers who put the warnings in the prescribing info is that there is a significant association. Of course, most of them are part of the patriarchy and exerting some kind of privilege, so what do they know.

We want readers to know that, should you choose the path of psychological medication, the close supervision of a doctor can mitigate any risks.

Gee, thanks for that blinding flash of the obvious, and what would those risks be ? Perhaps suicidal thoughts and behaviors maybe ?
Of course that risk is only there should one chose to go to a doc and get meds, EF and Tumblr are risk free ways to deal with mental problems.
I do find it interesting that the Tips for BPD sufferers really doesn’t seem to be about BPD.
I would imagine there is a whole lot od self-diagnosing going on over there.

…and I wouldn’t have to deal with the feminist’s petty-fogging neuroses…
That assumes you can avoid those who are in what is probably a large overlap in the Venn diagram.
Best to avoid both and go to a biker bar – far safer.

There’s a school of therapy wherein “it’s only a problem if you’ve got a problem with it.” So my sister’s ex-husband went to a therapist who, instead of saying, “maybe you should stop lying to her face,” helped him be cool with the lying.
Yeah, I had a discussion with somebody at work who had been to therapists and she said she was surprised to find that at least one of them wasn’t actually interested in finding a solution to the root-cause of the problem: he/she just offered a “solution” whereby the patient was made to feel better about themselves.
During one of our discussions, my old pal Angela told me she was confident in approach to the world because she’d “been to therapy”. I know she wouldn’t have had much money at the time, so I imagine she didn’t get the best on offer. She said she went in order to cope with the trauma of her divorce, but bizarrely said she didn’t talk about the open relationships, the orgies, the older men, etc. I would have thought any decent therapist would consider this essential context in the breakdown of a marriage, but Angela either insisted these had no bearing whatsoever before the therapy session and kept them quiet, or she found a therapist who told her exactly what she wanted to hear: there is nothing wrong with her at all, and it is all somebody else’s fault.
The second order effect is that they do themselves no favors because they are constantly reinforcing their oddball beliefs and behaviors either with their self congratulation and affirmation, and/or blowing off or minimizing needed therapy.
This is exactly what Angela did: surround herself with deeply weird individuals (which she called friends, but a good chunk of the males – who were invariably much older – were shagging her) who told her exactly what she wanted to hear, i.e. that there was nothing wrong with her and everyone should accept her exactly as they are and if they can’t then fuck them. She was only too happy to adopt this attitude, egged on by her “friends”, extending it even to her parents and sister “who would never understand me, they are too close-minded”. It’s tragic because somebody should have got a grip of her and persuaded her to sort these issues out years ago. Or perhaps somebody did, but got spit in the eye for their efforts. I know my efforts to get her to admit just maybe her communication skills need to be a little better were met with shouting and anger. So they seek out the company of other headcases, but it doesn’t seem to bring much happiness in the long run.

I’ve said this before, the vast majority of “therapists” belong in therapy themselves. It’s a self repeating cycle of dysfunction and the normalizing of dysfunction.

Speaking of the mentally disturbed this charming young Miss would fit right in to the pages of EF, right down to the ring in the nose.

June 6’s encounter with the white devil was a rude awakening. While surrounded by Becky, her white male guest known by the name of Resting Dick Face, and my best friend, a blond-haired, blue-eyed angel with the cuddly personality of a yellow lab, I awoke from a daydream when I heard the words, “East Asians aren’t people of color.
My attention immediately spiked and it was then that I realized my oppressor’s bedroom looked like an Urban Outfitter’s catalog and smelled like a skinny white girl — cigarettes and rosewood to be precise.”

It appears that East Asian person of color Miss Lam is horribly oppressed by the white rape culture of UC Berkeley where the enrollment in 2015 is 39.9% East Asian, and cracker-ass honkey white devils are outnumbered not only by Asians, but by persons of various hue 3:1 at only 24.3%. Oops.
Read the whole thing, as the kids say.

Speaking of the mentally disturbed this charming young Miss would fit right in to the pages of EF, right down to the ring in the nose.
Ah, she of FUCK WHITE MEN fame. But remember, this young missy is a coloured person, thus reducing any charge of racism to simple prejudice.

Correction, it’s “Fucking White Boys”